Dicentria

Translingual

Etymology

From di- (“two”) +‎ Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point; spike; center”) +‎ -ia.

Coined by German entomologist and physician Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855

Proper noun

Dicentria f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Notodontidae – certain noctuoid moths.

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